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A. G. FITZ.

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non FILED AUG 24,1902.

APPLIOA Patented Feb. 23, I909.

,lo this end I divide the last on lines of cut line partly convex andpartly concave as UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS G. FITZ, OF AUBURN, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO FITZ DOUBLE PIVOT LASTCOMPANY, OF AUBURN, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1909.

Application filed August 2!, 1908. Serial No. 449,892.

To all whom alt may concern:

Be it known that I, Amos G. FITZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Auburn, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine,have invented new and useful Improvements in Lasts, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is a common custom for retail shoe dealers, traveling salesmen andothers employed in the sale of shoes to place in the shoe a follower,the top or exposed portion of which is covered with silk, satin,enibossed leather or other material to add to the attractiveness of theshoe. Lasts or followers connected b a pivoted union as at present:constructed, are not. well adapted for this purpose because of the factthat the line of division is so far toward the heel part that it comesin the portion of the last which is exposed in a low shoe like theOxfordtie.

The object of my invention is to provide a full formed last with a lineof division extending so far forward that the entire portion of the lastcxposcd will be unbroken.

beginning at a point in the waist portion of the last at or aboutcoincident with the bottom of the front opening in the shoe, when thelast. is inserted therein; thence extending rcarwardly and downwardly tothe bottom of the last at a poi at at or near the instep. The line ofdivision may be a double curved shown in Figure I, one or more straightlinesas shown in Fig. 2, or one or more concave lines in the fore partas shown in Fig. 3, all of which as well as many others are within thespirit and scope of my invention.

In the drawing herein accompanying and making part of this application,Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a hollow lastembodying my invention. Fig.

2 is a side elevation of a last and shoe with parts of the shoe andparts of the last broken away to show the construction thereof showing aditl'ercnt line of division and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a lastshowing still another line of division.

In said drawings represents the heel part of a last. IS the lore partand C a l front: end of the heel union connecting thc parts. the niiionbeing of such a character as will permit the fore part of the last to beraised upwardly and rcarwardly, the front portion of the heel partpivoting and sliding on the rear in clined surface of the fore part.

In Fig. 1 the dotted lines show the movement of the heel part when aboutto be inserted in or in being removed from the shoe, the point D of theheel part sliding up on the inclined surface E on the fore part, thellexible cord holding the parts in yieldin engagement during theinsertion or reinova of the heel part.

In Fig. l a solid last is shown inserted in a shoe to illustrate itsposition and operation in the shoe. In this case the shoe has the usualfront opening G extending down to the point G and has the usual. tongueH inserted in said openin The last is divided on a line of cut beginningat or about the point (1? extending downwardly and rearwardly as seen atJ.

Fig. 3 shows a broken line of division both concave in the fore'part.

When the last is divided in the manner hereinbcfore mentioned the lineof division iscntircly concealed within the shoe and the exposed partwhether finished in the natural wood or covered with an ornamentalcovering, is unbroken. In all cases the front end of the heel part turnsupwardly and back- \vardly away from the fore part which so far as I amaware is an entirely new feature in the construction of lasts andrenders it,

well adapted for other uses than that herein specified. The line of cutbeginning at the waist of the last and thence extending rearivai'dly anddownwardly to the bottom of the last and the union between the twoparts, whereby the lower front portion of the heel part is caused toslide and pivot on the lower rear portion of the fore part are alsoexcccdinly valuable features of my invention as is also the broken lineof division whether slraight or curved.

llaving thus described my invention and its use I claim 1. last dividedon a line beginning in front of the highest part and thence cxtend-' ingrcarwardly and downwardly and a union pivotally connecting the parts.whereby the art can he turned upwardly and rearward y away from the forepart.

-2. A last divided on a line beginning at the nnisl and thence exlendingrearnzu'dly and (lnwnwurdly and a union pivotally connecting the parts,whereby the front end of the heel part can he turned upwardly andreau'nzu'dly anny from the fore part.

mg rearwardly and downwardly and :1 union pivotally connecting theparts, whereby the can he turned upfront end of the heel part we rdly and rcu r\\ ardly purl.

away from the fore -1. A last divided on a line beginning at the waistof the lust and thence extending rearwurdly and downwardly, said line ofdivision being composed of a plurality of cuiYcS, and :1 union pivotallyparts, whereby the front end of the heel purl;

can be turned upwardly and reurwardly nwuy frnnl the fore part.

5. A last of standard shape divided on a, line beginning at the waistand thence ex- 1 lending rearwardly and dmmxvnrdly and a 5!. A lnsldwided on a broken line heglnhing at the must portion and thenceextendcennecting the union pivolnlly connecting the parts, whereby thefrom end of the heel purl including :1 portion of the waist can heturned upwardly and rearwzu'dly away from the fore plum,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of lno subscribing witnesses (his ninetecnlh rl:| of August,1908.

AMOS G. FITZ.

Witnesses:

H. E. Dcsron, GUY B. Frrz.

